5% Of Idaho Earns Minimum Wage

The Idaho Department of Labor’s latest monthly newsletter describes how the state’s proportion of minimum wage jobs has shifted over the course of the recession .  A greater share of Idaho’s workforce is earning minimum wage now than in 2007, the height of the economic boom. Nearly 19,000 Idaho workers earned minimum wage last year, that’s down from 30,000 in 2010/ Emilie Ritter Saunders , StateImpact. More here.

Question: Have you ever tried to survive on minimum wage?